Rebecca J Goetz

Publishing Unit Coordinator

Department: Agricultural Communication Service
Phone: 765.494.0461
Fax: 765.496.1117
Office: AGAD 208
E-mail: goetz@purdue.edu

Rebecca Goetz, Publishing Unit coordinator, consults with and edits material for Purdue Agriculture’s Office of Academic Programs, the Department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education, the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Agriculture Information Technology. Goetz joined AgComm in 1991 as a science writer and editor of a quarterly tabloid. In 2001, she moved from the writing to the editing staff. She was a pre-veterinary medicine student counselor and outreach coordinator for science teachers for the Office of Academic Programs. She also has been a writer/illustrator in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology; an admissions counselor for Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio; and a high school general science teacher. Goetz earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and education from Heidelberg College and a master of agriculture degree from Purdue in horticulture and journalism.

+ Patents

- Awards & Honors

National Winner, Educational Package — Team (2008). National Association of Extension 4-H Agents.

Silver Award, Direct Mail (2008). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

Gold Award, Critique and Awards Program, Print: Advertisement 2007 (2007). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

Silver Award, Critique and Awards Program, Direct Mail 2007 (2007). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

ANREP Bronze Award, Video/DVD/CD, 2006 -- 50 Trees of Indiana (2006). Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals.

Bronze Award - Overall Production 2005 (2005). Garden Writer's Association.

Gold Award 2005 (2005). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

Gold Award, Non-credit Eductional Project 2005 (2005). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences.

Gold Award, Promotional Publications 2005 (2005). Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences.

Outstanding Extension Educational Materials Award 2005 (2005). American Society for Horticultural Science.